Well, here we go again — another chapter in the saga of “The Happiest Place on Earth” not exactly living up to its marketing. A fresh lawsuit has landed on Disney’s desk, and this one has nothing to do with wokeness, streaming flops, or the company losing its magic pixie dust in the culture war. Nope. This one’s about something even darker — and somehow, more avoidable.
The family of a young woman has filed suit against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. Inc., claiming the Mouse House didn’t do nearly enough to stop one of its own employees from creeping around, filming up the skirts of unsuspecting teen girls. Let that one sink in for a second. A guy employed by Disney, working in their Star Wars-themed gift shop, admitted to compiling a personal collection — a sick, perverted one — of hundreds of these videos over years. Not days. Not weeks. Years.
According to the arrest affidavit, Jorge Diaz Vega, now the former Disney cast member in question, openly confessed to the behavior when caught. He had over 500 — wait, actually 600 — videos saved on his phone, and even had the audacity to tell investigators that he filmed them because “it’s hard to find them online.” As if that’s some sort of justification rather than a chilling red flag. And Disney’s role in all this? Well, that’s where things get even more disturbing.
The lawsuit, filed by the victim’s grandparent, alleges that Disney failed to act — both before and during Vega’s time on the job. There was reportedly already a prior incident involving Vega taking unauthorized photos or recordings of a co-worker without consent. So let’s connect the dots: you’ve got an employee with a prior accusation involving inappropriate photography, and instead of showing him the door or, at the very least, slapping a giant red flag on his HR file, Disney kept him around. And not just anywhere — they kept him in a role that interacts with families, kids, and women in tight, crowded shops where privacy can be compromised in a heartbeat.
It’s hard not to wonder what exactly Disney’s background checks or internal red flags systems are doing all day. Because if a guy is filming hundreds of women under their skirts at a theme park over multiple years without getting caught, something is seriously broken in the oversight department. Disney can choreograph fireworks down to the millisecond, but apparently can’t supervise an employee with a known incident on record?
A lawsuit filed against Walt Disney World last week alleges an incident in March 2023 involving a former employee accused of taking up-skirt videos of people should never have happened and that the company “failed to take appropriate action.” https://t.co/kuBmaPEwjy
— News4JAX (@wjxt4) March 25, 2025
And now, of course, they’re facing a lawsuit. Rightfully so. The company that can track your location with a MagicBand and knows when you bought your last churro somehow missed the employee with a fetish for filming young women without their knowledge. Or worse — they knew and looked the other way.
The family of a 14-year-old girl filed a lawsuit against Disney and one of its employees after he allegedly took an upskirt photo of the girl, a crime he later confessed to committing for over half a decade.https://t.co/BOlId4SFCd
— Dayton 24/7 Now (@dayton247now) March 26, 2025
It’s the kind of story that should be making national headlines, but since it doesn’t fit the media’s preferred narrative about who the “bad guys” are, you’ll probably only hear about it in a few conservative outlets and maybe tucked away in a legal blotter somewhere. After all, we’re talking about Disney — the sacred cow of corporate virtue-signaling.
They’ve spent the last several years preaching inclusivity, reimagining classic characters to meet progressive standards, and inserting themselves into Florida politics. But when it comes to the very real, very basic responsibility of keeping guests safe from sexual predators? Crickets.
This isn’t just about one bad employee — it’s about a culture of looking the other way. About a company so obsessed with its image and messaging that it forgot what parents expect when they pay thousands of dollars to visit their parks: safety, trust, and some common sense.
It’s going to be hard for Disney to wish this one away with a splashy PR statement and a new “reimagined” ride. Parents aren’t stupid. If Disney wants to continue selling itself as the safest place to make family memories, they better start proving it — not just with mouse ears and slogans, but with action. Because one thing is clear: fairy dust doesn’t cover up negligence.
